ARLINGTON, Texas – Three days after an exciting return to the majors for young star Ronald Acuña Jr. coincided with their first series win of the season, the Atlanta Braves found themselves in what has become a familiar but unwelcome position.
On the wrong end of a series result and trying to regroup, this time with a vital division test ahead.
Texas outfielder Adolis Garcia highlighted a three-hit, four-RBI performance with a bases-clearing triple in the third inning to help the Rangers beat the Braves 7-3 on Sunday.
Taylor Hearn (1-2) allowed two runs on four hits and three walks in five innings for his first victory since Sept. 12, and the Rangers scored all seven runs in the first three innings to go 3-4 in a homestand against last year’s World Series teams – 2-1 versus reigning champion Atlanta and 1-3 versus the Houston Astros.
“It was nice to have a lead and keep it,” said Texas third baseman Charlie Culberson, a Georgia native who was a Calhoun High School standout and played for the Braves from 2018 to 2020. “Nice to win a series.”